Cheat Sheet

Word 2019 For Dummies Cheat Sheet

Word is one of the most used computer programs on the planet. Helping you to compose text is one of the things that computers do well, but that doesn’t make the text-writing chore easier or imply that using Word 2019 is simple enough that you don’t need help. So, enjoy this Cheat Sheet.

Get to Know the Word 2019 Screen

Behold Word 2019’s screen. You see the promise of a new document and a bewildering number of buttons and gizmos. Here are the important elements that you will most likely need to remember:

The Word 2019 Ribbon

Microsoft Word 2019’s Ribbon presents tabs that you can click to reveal groups of helpful icons. These icons represent command buttons, input boxes, and menus that are helpful when navigating through a Word document.

Word 2019 Keyboard Command Roundup

Word 2019 has many keyboard commands to offer you. Whether you use a computer with a honking 105-key keyboard or a tablet with no keyboard, word processing remains a keyboard-bound activity. The following tables show how to access Microsoft Word 2019’s commands and functions.

Here are all of the options you can utilize for cursor movement.

Pressing This Key

Moves the Insertion Pointer . . .

↑

Up one line of text

↓

Down one line of text

←

Left to the next character

→

Right to the next character

Ctrl+↑

Up one paragraph

Ctrl+↓

Down one paragraph

Ctrl+←

Left one word

Ctrl+→

Right one word

PgUp

Up one screen

PgDn

Down one screen

Home

To start of current line

End

To end of current line

Ctrl+Home

To top of document

Ctrl+End

To bottom of document.

Here are some basic editing commands that are always helpful when word processing.

Copy

Ctrl+C

Cut

Ctrl+X

Paste

Ctrl+V

Undo

Ctrl+Z

Check out these useful commands when you need to do some text formatting.